Montreal: Middle Eastern Country

Middle Eastern country: Ala'a Jarban, who is currently in Montreal, has been weighing the difficult decision of whether to stay in Canada or return to the Middle Eastern country where he faces the threat of violence from residents and the possibility of being sentenced by the state to death by stoning, according to CBC. The activist is currently in Montreal, where he's in the middle of a three-week training program by the non-profit Equitas on human rights and An internationally known youth activist involved in the 2011 Yemeni revolution is seeking refugee status in Canada after he was inundated with death threats in reaction to a blog posting declaring he was gay. On May 29, the 23-year-old recent Sana'a University graduate posted a blog entry boldly proclaiming "I'm queer." An online furor erupted, local and international media began writing about it and Jarban became known as the only openly gay person in Yemen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.